splintered (Meaning)
splintered
a thin piece split or broken off lengthwise, to become splintered, a thin piece (as of wood) split or broken off lengthwise, a thin piece split or torn off lengthwise, a small needlelike particle, a group or faction broken away from a parent body, to divide or break into splinters, to split into fragments, parts, or factions, to split or rend into long thin pieces, such a piece embedded in the skin
Synonyms & Antonyms of splintered
Synonyms:
- brittle
- frangible
- frail
- dynamited
- obliterated
- ruinate
- breakable
- extirpated
- fragile
- defaced
- wiped out
- eradicated
- exterminated
Antonyms:
splintered Sentence Examples
- The wooden plank splintered apart with a deafening crack.
- The crystal shattered into countless splintered shards.
- Her heart splintered into a million pieces when her husband left.
- The splintered glass cut her finger as she reached for the broken window.
- The injured soldier's bone had splintered, causing excruciating pain.
- The splintered table leg wobbled precariously.
- The splintered rock provided shelter for the small lizard.
- The earthquake splintered the foundation of the building, leaving it unstable.
- The splintered fence creaked in the wind.
- The splintered wood campfire crackled merrily.
FAQs About the word splintered
a thin piece split or broken off lengthwise, to become splintered, a thin piece (as of wood) split or broken off lengthwise, a thin piece split or torn off leng
shattered, fractured, broken, blasted, fragmented, exploded, cracked,split,destroyed, wrecked
reconstructed, fixed, repaired,unbroken, unbreakable, mended, rebuilt,healed, patched,infrangible
The wooden plank splintered apart with a deafening crack.
The crystal shattered into countless splintered shards.
Her heart splintered into a million pieces when her husband left.
The splintered glass cut her finger as she reached for the broken window.
